Torpedo and fusee holder for lamps.



F. BURGENER.

TORPBDO AND FUSEE HOLDER FOR LAMPS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 18, 1912.

1,071,662. Patented Aug.26,1913.

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FREDERICK BURGEINER, OE OLNEY, ILLINOIS.

TORPEDO AND FUSEE HOLDER FOR LAMPS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. April 18, 1912.

Patented Aug. 26,1913. Serial No. 691,638.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FREDERICK BURGENER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Olney, in the county of Richland and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Torpedo and Fusee Holders for Lamps, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a device for holding fusees and torpedoes to a lamp whereby those whose duties require the use of such devices, may be enabled to carry a sufficient supply in connection with the lamp, and wherein the articles carried will offer no obstruction or hindrance to the lamp in its use.

The invent-ion further proposes a device of the character in question which will be of simple design, easily constructed, and wherein the cost of manufacture thereof will be comparatively little. v

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter claimed, and, while the invention is not restricted to the exact details shown and described, still, for the purpose of disclosure, reference is had to the accompanying drawing, in which like reference characters designate the same parts in the several views, and in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the application of the invention as in actual use; Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the device claimed herein; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same; Fig. 4 illustrates the blank from which the article is constructed, and showing the same partly formed; and Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the device.

Referring to the several figures in detail, A designates an ordinary lamp having the shoulder protector frame B, and to which frame it is proposed to secure the fusee and torpedo holder.

The fusee or torpedo holder consists of a receptacle constructed of a single sheet of metal to provide front and back sect-ions 1 and 2 respectively, and having each similarly constructed side sections 3 and 1 adapted to overlap, as indicated in Fig. 2, and in which relation said parts are suitably secured by a solder, rivets or otherwise. Said front and back sections are connected by a bottom section 5, which is perforated at 6 for a purpose to be presently explained.

The receptacle is provided with an adjustable device for clamping the same to the wire frame B of the lamp A. Said device consists in a pair of hooks 7 rigidly secured to the back section 2, and a pair of hooks 8 that are carried by a plate 9 which is adjustably mounted through the medium of a stud 10 secured to the back section 2 and passing through a slot 11 formed in said plate. A thumb nut 12 is screw-threaded on the stud 10 for the purpose of clamping the plate 9 in adjusted position, as will be understood. The plate 9 is provided with an additional hook 13, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3. Through the medium of the cooperating hooks 7 and 8, the box or receptacle may be attached to the horizontal strands of the frame B and, through the adusting device, said attaching means may be readily released or applied to frames 13 of different sizes.

The interior of the receptacle is adapted to contain the fusees C, of which two occupy one receptacle. In this position, the stems D of the fusees are adapted to pass through the apertures 6 in order that the body portions of said fusees may set well within the receptacle.

A plurality of metal bands or straps 14 are provided for the purpose of having at tached thereto the ties of the torpedoes E, as indicated in Fig. 1. Said bands 14 are constructed after the manner of loops, and have the ends 15 thereof disposed against and secured to the side walls 3' and 4 of the receptacle. The members 14 are sufficiently spaced from the front wall 1 to readily permit of the torpedo ties being passed therethrough for the purpose of securing or removal.

With the foregoing construction, it will be apparent that the device shown herein provides a complete and compact arrangement for carrying fusees and torpedoes in connection with a lamp, and which, it is believed, will especially suggest the device as an appropriate article to be used by railroad men and to whom it is believed its utility will appeal without a further detailed discussion herein.

It is obvious that those skilled in the art may vary the details of construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of my invention, and therefore I do not wish to be limited to such features as may be required by the claims.

Having thus described the invention,

what I claim new and desire to protect by U. S. Letters Patent, is

1. A receptacle adapted for attachment to a lamp, comprising a sheet metal box having an open end and a perforated bottom, a plurality of metallic bands secured to opposite sides of the box and extending around and spaced from an intermediate side there of, and adjustable attaching means.

2. A receptacle adapted for attachment to a lamp, comprising a single piece of metal bent to present interfitting sections which are arranged to constitute a box, said box having an open end and a perforated bottom, a plurality of bands secured to opposite sides of one of said sections and extendi-ng around and spaced from an intermediate side thereof and adjustable attaching means carried by the other section.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

FREDERICK BURGENER.

Witnesses:

"WILLIAM P. J'UINMERLY, BEN NUDING.

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